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Hi, it's me : a novel / Fawn Parker.
'Women Talking' meets 'Study for Obedience' in this stunning depiction of fresh grief. Shortly after her mother's death, Fawn arrives at her mother's farmhouse, which is also occupied by four other women. Wrestling with compulsive and harmful behaviours, Fawn is confronted with the reality of her mother's death and soon becomes fixated on archiving her mother's writing and documents, searching for signs, and drawing tenuous connections to help her understand more about the enigmatic woman in the pages.
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- ISBN: 9780771005152 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 337 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : McClelland & Stewart, 2024.
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| Subject: | Grief > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Women > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Novels. |
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Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Finalist ⢠Globe and Mail Top 100 Best Books of 2024 ⢠One of Indigoâs Most Anticipated Canadian Books ⢠One of the CBCâs Canadian Fiction Books to Read in Fall 2024
Shortly after her motherâs death, Fawn arrives at the farmhouse. While there, she will stay in her motherâs bedroom in the house that is also occupied by four other women who live by an unusual set of beliefs.
Wrestling with longstanding compulsive and harmful behaviours, as well as severe self-doubt, Fawn is confronted with the reality of her motherâs death. It is her responsibility to catalogue the furniture and possessions in the room, then sell or dispose of them. Instead, Fawn becomes fixated on archiving her motherâs writing and documents, searching for signs, and drawing tenuous connections to help her understand more about the enigmatic woman in the pages.
I am surrounded by mocking evidence of her inhabitancy of this room. Quickly, it is expiring. Today she was alive. When the day runs out that will no longer be true. Tomorrow I will be able to say that yesterday she was alive, at least. The next day, nothing. She will just be dead. The fact seems to be at its smallest now, growing with time. For now she is many things, and there are many places left to find her.
In Hi, Itâs Me, Fawn Parker is unafraid to explore the bewildering relationship between the living and the dead. Strikingly original, provocative, and engrossing Hi, Itâs Me takes us into the furthest corners of grief, invoking the physicality and painful embodiment of terminal illness with astonishing precision and emotional force. This mesmerizing, devastating novel asks: Why must it be this way?
